2023-08-08 04:19:26
According to information from the US news agency CNN, a US Department of Defense official revealed that, 31 M1 Abrams tank which the United States has promised aid to Ukraine, will be delivered as early as August or September and it is expected that the Ukrainian military will be able to put them on the battlefield this fall.The US website “Politico” claims that the arrival of the M1 Abrams tank in the coming weeks will add “new lethality” to the Ukrainian offensive, which is currently “struggling” to overcome. row Russia’s defense line tens of kilometers wide.It is not difficult to see that the American media has high expectations for the cars M1 . tank This Abram. But for the Ukrainian army, whether the M1 Abram tank really has the effect of “adding wings”, improving the so-called “damage increase”, it must wait for the battlefield to be evaluated? The answer is probably not. If you want to evaluate whether the M1 Abram tank can play a role on the Ukrainian battlefield, it is necessary to mention the combat effectiveness through the two recent attacks launched by Ukraine. After a lot of expectations, after the last two months, the fate of Ukraine’s Leopard 2 tank must be clear to everyone. On July 27, the British newspaper “Financial Times” admitted that the Western-style mechanized counterattack of Ukraine was “slow and expensive”. The Ukrainian army lost 11 Leopard 2 tanks and a large number of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. While the information given by the Russian side is that the number of Leopard 2 tanks (including minesweeper versions) damaged is 19 units. Proof of this is that Russia releases a video of Leopard 2 being destroyed every few days. As of May 2023, Western countries have given Ukraine about 80 Leopard 2 tanks with versions (mainly A4 and A6). Even according to the “most conservative” Western estimates, the current number of Leopard tanks lost to the Ukrainian army exceeds 20%. When attending the Russia-Africa summit on July 30, Russian President Putin said that due to the large loss of armored vehicles, recently the Ukrainian army was forced to change tactics. President Putin’s statement has also been corroborated by Western media. Thus, instead of using tanks and armored vehicles to bring troops into Russia’s battlefields in accordance with “NATO textbooks”, the Ukrainian military commander only used armored vehicles to transport soldiers to the battlefield and drop them off, then the armored vehicle immediately retreats. Thus, these soldiers did not have armored vehicles to cover, could only attack on foot against the solid defenses of the Russian army. The US site Business Insider reported that the dense minefields and fortifications located by the Russian army in the Zaporozhye battlefield, forced the Ukrainian army to abandon its heavily armored offensive. Engineers and infantry units advance to clear mines by manual method. But without tanks, armored vehicles to support fire, the Ukrainian Army faced more problems, that is, the shortage of 155mm precision-guided artillery shells. This makes the West question, can the Ukrainian army ensure accurate artillery fire, instead of tank fire during the raid?In addition, Business Insider also said that, in addition to the Leopard 2 tank, the losses of other armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army could be extremely large. The fact that the US is forced to supply M1 Abram tanks to Ukraine at this time, may also be due to the lack of capacity to transport troops to the front lines and direct combat firepower of the Ukrainian army.However, there is still a big question mark that needs to be answered, that is, how long the US M1 Abram tank can survive on the Ukrainian battlefield. It should be remembered that the US-supplied M1 tanks for Ukraine are not the M1A2 models that have recently been fielded by the US Marines, but the older M1A1 models.The US M1 Abram tanks arrived in Germany in April this year through a private company, with the original purpose of “training” Ukrainian soldiers to use this weapon. But observers believe that this is just an excuse to delay the delivery of M1 tanks to Ukraine by the US. In this regard, some analysts believe that the US probably did not intend to supply tanks to Ukraine in the first place. After the Leopard 2 tanks in Europe were delivered to Ukraine, the US still failed to fulfill its promise. Finally, at the urging of Germany and Ukraine, the Pentagon handed over old M1 tanks from the US defense stockpile. However, the M1A1 Abram tanks that the Ukrainian Army expected did not reach the Ukrainian battlefield immediately; which they transferred to US military units stationed in Europe. It was not until the Ukrainian offensive was stalled and the Leopard 2 suffered heavy losses that the US agreed to “disburse” M1 tanks to Ukraine. While the US is deliberately “buying time” in the slow supply of M1A1 tanks to Ukraine, public opinion questions, where are the British Challenger 2 tanks, which previously aided Ukraine? Earlier, Britain also announced that it had supplied Ukraine with a batch of Challenger 2 tanks and had arrived on the battlefield. But so far, neither Russia, Ukraine nor Western media have published any videos or photos of the Challenger 2 participating in combat. So the question arises, where is the UK’s Challenger 2 now, when the Ukrainian Army needs strong assault weapons?
According to information from the US news agency CNN, a US Department of Defense official revealed that, 31 M1 Abrams tank which the United States has promised aid to Ukraine, will be delivered as early as August or September and it is expected that the Ukrainian military will be able to put them on the battlefield this fall.
The US website “Politico” claims that the arrival of the M1 Abrams tank in the coming weeks will add “new lethality” to the Ukrainian offensive, which is currently “struggling” to overcome. row Russia’s defense line tens of kilometers wide.
It is not difficult to see that the American media has high expectations for the cars M1 . tank This Abram. But for the Ukrainian army, whether the M1 Abram tank really has the effect of “adding wings”, improving the so-called “damage increase”, it must wait for the battlefield to be evaluated?
The answer is probably not. If you want to evaluate whether the M1 Abram tank can play a role on the Ukrainian battlefield, it is necessary to mention the combat effectiveness through the two recent attacks launched by Ukraine.
After a lot of expectations, after the last two months, the fate of Ukraine’s Leopard 2 tank must be clear to everyone. On July 27, the British newspaper “Financial Times” admitted that the Western-style mechanized counterattack of Ukraine was “slow and expensive”.
The Ukrainian army lost 11 Leopard 2 tanks and a large number of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. While the information given by the Russian side is that the number of Leopard 2 tanks (including minesweeper versions) damaged is 19 units. Proof of this is that Russia releases a video of Leopard 2 being destroyed every few days.
As of May 2023, Western countries have given Ukraine about 80 Leopard 2 tanks with versions (mainly A4 and A6). Even according to the “most conservative” Western estimates, the current number of Leopard tanks lost to the Ukrainian army exceeds 20%.
When attending the Russia-Africa summit on July 30, Russian President Putin said that due to the large loss of armored vehicles, recently the Ukrainian army was forced to change tactics. President Putin’s statement has also been corroborated by Western media.
Thus, instead of using tanks and armored vehicles to bring troops into Russia’s battlefields in accordance with “NATO textbooks”, the Ukrainian military commander only used armored vehicles to transport soldiers to the battlefield and drop them off, then the armored vehicle immediately retreats. Thus, these soldiers did not have armored vehicles to cover, could only attack on foot against the solid defenses of the Russian army.
The US site Business Insider reported that the dense minefields and fortifications located by the Russian army in the Zaporozhye battlefield, forced the Ukrainian army to abandon its heavily armored offensive. Engineers and infantry units advance to clear mines by manual method.
But without tanks, armored vehicles to support fire, the Ukrainian Army faced more problems, that is, the shortage of 155mm precision-guided artillery shells. This makes the West question, can the Ukrainian army ensure accurate artillery fire, instead of tank fire during the raid?
In addition, Business Insider also said that, in addition to the Leopard 2 tank, the losses of other armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army could be extremely large. The fact that the US is forced to supply M1 Abram tanks to Ukraine at this time, may also be due to the lack of capacity to transport troops to the front lines and direct combat firepower of the Ukrainian army.
However, there is still a big question mark that needs to be answered, that is, how long the US M1 Abram tank can survive on the Ukrainian battlefield. It should be remembered that the US-supplied M1 tanks for Ukraine are not the M1A2 models that have recently been fielded by the US Marines, but the older M1A1 models.
The US M1 Abram tanks arrived in Germany in April this year through a private company, with the original purpose of “training” Ukrainian soldiers to use this weapon. But observers believe that this is just an excuse to delay the delivery of M1 tanks to Ukraine by the US.
In this regard, some analysts believe that the US probably did not intend to supply tanks to Ukraine in the first place. After the Leopard 2 tanks in Europe were delivered to Ukraine, the US still failed to fulfill its promise. Finally, at the urging of Germany and Ukraine, the Pentagon handed over old M1 tanks from the US defense stockpile.
However, the M1A1 Abram tanks that the Ukrainian Army expected did not reach the Ukrainian battlefield immediately; which they transferred to US military units stationed in Europe. It was not until the Ukrainian attack was stalled and the Leopard 2 suffered heavy losses that the US agreed to “disburse” M1 tanks to Ukraine.
While the US is deliberately “buying time” in the slow supply of M1A1 tanks to Ukraine, public opinion questions, where are the British Challenger 2 tanks, which previously aided Ukraine?
Earlier, Britain also announced that it had provided Ukraine with a batch of Challenger 2 tanks and had arrived on the battlefield. But so far, neither Russia, Ukraine nor Western media have published any videos or photos of the Challenger 2 participating in combat. So the question is, where is the UK’s Challenger 2 now, when the Ukrainian Army needs strong assault weapons?
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